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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 10:16 PM
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If Hillary's "gas tax holiday" were to happen, expect more of this.....
Edited on Thu May-01-08 10:17 PM by scheming daemons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge





The funds from the federal gas tax are used to pay for bridge repair and road construction on interstate highways.



In addition... up to 30,000 construction jobs lost.

In addition... increased consumption, driving up demand, driving up costs, and wiping out the "holiday" and making the prices HIGHER when the holiday ends.


What's that you say? She'll make up the lost funds by creating a windfall tax on oil companies? Well... then the oil companies will raise their prices to compensate for the lost profit.... and again... the benefit of the "holiday" is lost.



Hillary and McCain.... in lock-step with BAD IDEAS.



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BeatleBoot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-01-08 10:17 PM
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1. And Barack's Idea
Is voting for Dick Cheney's Energy Plan.





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